National Regional Profile: Western District (Statistical Division)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 215   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
578
520
585
593
562
Total dwelling unitsno.
620
641
681
636
596
Value of total residential building$m
111.3
128.8
146.4
156.0
153.2
Value of total non-residential building$m
72.0
55.4
46.2
80.6
66.7
Value of total building$m
183.3
184.2
192.6
236.6
219.9
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
2 226
2 009
2 020
2 034
2 021
Other vehiclesno.
1 674
1 556
1 690
1 907
1 837
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
3 899
3 568
3 708
3 942
3 859
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
53 792
54 763
55 677
56 821
57 767
Campervansno.
338
382
375
378
371
Light commercial vehiclesno.
17 820
18 224
18 702
19 225
19 662
Light rigid trucksno.
356
361
375
396
409
Heavy rigid trucksno.
3 369
3 348
3 323
3 279
3 312
Articulated trucksno.
853
898
917
977
1 000
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
243
191
192
197
193
Busesno.
562
589
568
555
567
Motorcyclesno.
3 155
2 499
2 595
2 699
2 823
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
80 488
81 251
82 719
84 527
86 103
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
535
545
552
560
564
Campervansno.
3
4
4
4
4
Light commercial vehiclesno.
177
181
185
189
192
Light rigid trucksno.
4
4
4
4
4
Heavy rigid trucksno.
33
33
33
32
32
Articulated trucksno.
8
9
9
10
10
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
2
2
2
2
2
Busesno.
6
6
6
5
6
Motorcyclesno.
31
25
26
27
28
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
800
808
820
833
841
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
20 108
17 308
14 970
12 830
10 856
Petrol - Unleadedno.
46 554
49 129
52 085
55 152
57 631
Dieselno.
9 894
10 911
11 821
12 783
13 746
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
3 933
3 910
3 847
3 765
3 866
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
1 573 945.6
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
67 469.9
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
520.8
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
110.4
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
261.3
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
22 306.6
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
5 073 243
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
456 817
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
644 822
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
10 849
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0